Tagged: supply chains

June 25, 2024 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

AI firm Prewave has raised $67 million in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Hedosophia, with participation from existing investors Creandum, Ventech, Kompas, Speedinvest, and Working Capital Fund. The company said the money will be used to enable its next phase… Read More

October 30, 2023 @ 5:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New data from Tradeshift shows transaction volumes across global supply chains dropped at their fastest rate in eighteen months in Q3. More than one million businesses “use Tradeshift’s business commerce network to exchange invoicing and purchase order information relating to trade transactions across global supply… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 10:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Supply chain risks have been identified as an increasingly important issue within the cyber insurance market in a new report published by the International Underwriting Association (IUA). A whitepaper, jointly researched with cyber risk analytics firm CyberCube, urges underwriters to carefully review client business continuity… Read More

September 24, 2023 @ 6:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of a multi-year effort to transform trade finance, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is launching CashPro Supply Chain Solutions, a platform that will offer participants in a supply chain the benefits of digitization with improved process efficiency and working capital optimization. CashPro is… Read More

September 6, 2023 @ 3:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finverity, the trade and supply chain finance digital ecosystem, announces the repositioning of its brand and product offering, together with the appointment of Adam Ryan as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Since its foundation in 2017, Finverity has focused “on fixing the $1.7tn+ global trade finance… Read More

July 24, 2023 @ 7:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ProducePay, the marketplace transforming the global produce industry into a more connected and sustainable supply chain, and Four Star Fruit, one of the largest growers and shippers of table grapes, launched the fresh produce industry’s “first-of-its-kind” direct-to-retail supply chain program. Leveraging the ProducePay platform and… Read More

July 24, 2023 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Transaction volumes across US supply chains grew at their fastest pace in more than two years as domestic trade activity showed renewed signs of resilience following a recent slump, according to an update from TradeShift. Data from Tradeshift’s Q2 Index of Global Trade Health shows… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vespia, an AI-powered Business Verification Service for verifying and onboarding business customers that helps minimize the risk of fraud, has highlighted the significance of business verification for non-AML obligated firms, like supply chain, digital commerce, as well as the sharing economy. Vespia explains that by… Read More

March 29, 2023 @ 6:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mars Growth Capital and Liquidity Group, a technology firm that has become the industry’s “fastest-growing” lender to mid-market, late-stage companies globally by automating the entire debt lending cycle, announced a $30M funding deal with Fashinza, an AI-driven B2B marketplace for global fashion supply chains. The… Read More

March 27, 2023 @ 6:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  It’s been a stressful few years to run a small business in America — and so far 2023 has been no exception. Inflation, supply chain snags and staffing shortages continue to test business owners, the team at Next Insurance writes in a blog post…. Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 3:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

T-Systems and Commerzbank have signed a cooperation agreement “for collaboration in the industrial sector.” Together, the two companies are “developing a solution for fully automated supply chains with integrated financial services.” The Telekom subsidiary and the Frankfurt-based bank are “employing technologies such as 5G campus… Read More

December 23, 2022 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Skyscend Inc., an SaaS platform provider for supply chain finance, announced that it has joined Visa’s Fintech Fast Track Program, speeding up the process of integrating with Visa, “allowing Skyscend to more easily leverage the reach, capabilities, and security that VisaNet, the company’s global payment… Read More

December 12, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The current business environment is getting tougher with higher interest rates, rising inflation, talent crunch, and weaker supply chains while investors “are increasingly demanding profitable growth,” according to an update from GlobalData. To hedge against these shifts, startups as well as bigger corporations are “revisiting… Read More

September 22, 2022 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Taulia, a provider of working capital solutions, and Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) “to collaborate across a range of working capital finance solutions, with an initial focus on the provision of supply chain finance and dynamic discounting.” This marks… Read More

July 14, 2022 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Persistent inflation, supply chain weaknesses and concerns over the severity of interest rate hikes are “pushing more business leaders to make difficult decisions to preserve the economic health of their companies.” This, according to the 2022 Working Capital Survey from C2FO, which claims to be… Read More

May 3, 2022 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the COVID-19 pandemic winds on into its third year, waves of new virus variants continue to “wreak havoc with supply chains,” according to an update from Verifi. Firms responsible for taking goods through each step on the journey “from manufacturing to customers’ doorsteps find… Read More

July 2, 2021 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mouro Capital, a VC fund that’s mainly focused on Fintech companies and related businesses and backed by Banco Santander (BME: SAN), has reportedly joined Mexico’s digital freight forwarder Nowports’ $16 million Series A round. Nowports is notably Mouro Capital’s first investment in the logistics sector, an… Read More

June 21, 2021 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Progcap, a company focused on corporate-led “last mile” retailer financing solutions for Indian markets, has acquired $25 million in equity capital as part of its Series B round that was led by Tiger Global along with participation from existing investor, Sequoia Capital India. Progcap says… Read More

April 30, 2021 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based MarketFinance, one of the world’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) invoice finance platforms, notes in a blog post that Brexit and the COVID-19 outbreak have had “dramatic effects on the price of shipping.” MarketFinance adds that if your business uses suppliers that are based in other… Read More

March 29, 2021 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based #dltledgers, a blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform for conducting cross-border trade, trade finance, and handling supply chain digitization, has secured $7 million in capital through a Series A round. The firm’s investment round was led by Regis and Savoy Capital, Vittal, Walden… Read More